Isaac Asimov's Werewolves

by Gardner Dozois (Editor), Sheila Williams (Editor), Suzy McKee Charnas (Contributor)

From the award-winning pages of "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" comes a unique collection of new lycanthropic legends. These wild and woolly tales are written by today's acclaimed talents, including Suzy McKee Charnas, and Pat Murphy.

Contents
1 • What Seen but the Wolf • (1984) • novelette by Gregg Keizer
40 • Boobs • (1989) • shortstory by Suzy McKee Charnas
63 • Two Bad Dogs • (1990) • shortstory by Ronald Anthony Cross
84 • The Madonna of the Wolves • (1988) • novella by S. P. Somtow
143 • Red • (1998) • novelette by Sarah Clemens
169 • An American Childhood • (1993) • novella by Pat Murphy

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Short Stories, Werewolves, Fiction, Monsters, Anthologies

243 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1999

About the author

Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004. He won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, both as an editor and a writer of short fiction.
Wikipedia entry: Gardner Dozois

http://us.macmillan.com/author/gardne...

Reviews

[Bryan Mcquirk · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. It was refreshing to read a book on werewolves that did not come from a romance line of thinking. Every story embraces the classic view of werewolves in its own unique way.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was disappointed in this. Most of the stories were disappointing. The first story, What's Seen but the Wolf, about Vikings and an alleged werewolf, was tedious. Boobs, the second story wasn't bad, I had read it several times before, though, as it has been anthologized widely. Two bad dogs was awful,going for humor but failing miserably, the worst in the collection. The only stories I really enjoyed at all were Madonna of the Wolves, set in the past, about a young child who believes he is a werewolf and is finding others of his kind, and Red, which was the best tory in the collection, about a little girl who discovers something strange about her relative. These stories, however, were not really good enough to make the book worth buying. Maybe if you find it in a thrift store for 25 cents, but don't spend a decent amount of money on it- not worth it.

[Jacob Brewer · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I first bought this book I assumed it was a collection of Werewolf stories written by Isaac Asimov, as I don't read the book covers of the synopsis of a book I plan on reading. I did not realize till I picked up the book that the book was a collection of short stories written by various authors that were published in the Isaac Asimov Science Fiction Magazine. The book is a collection of short stories ranging from 20 pages to over 100 pages each by different authors. The stories all vary in tone, view, and time period they are told in. All and all it was a decent read and a good book.

[Ronald Wilcox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable collection of tales regarding lycanthropy. In my opinion, I enjoyed "Red" best. None were written by Asimov, just all were published in Asimov's monthly magazine.